AJC Provides Humanitarian Aid to Peru Earthquake Recovery
August 20, 2007 – New York – The American Jewish Committee is contributing $35,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance to help Peruvians recovering from the devastating earthquake in the southern part of their country.
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Peru cold snap kills 70 children
At least 70 children have died during a spell of freezing weather in the Andean regions of Peru, officials have said.
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Hacker sabotages Peru president's website with pro-Chile slogan
A hacker has repeatedly sabotaged the Peruvian president's official website, replacing the picture of President Alan Garcia with that of the father of Chilean independence, officials said Wednesday.
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Machu Picchu
Just under 2,000 feet lower than Pikes Peak, the elevation of Cusco will not be ignored.
Even relatively fit people may find themselves tiring easily or breathing hard after a short walk up a gentle slope or flight of stairs in the thin, dry air.
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Country profile: Peru
Peru is a potentially wealthy country with a rich and varied cultural and architectural heritage. Facing the Pacific, it is an important link between southeast Asia and Brazil.
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Incan adventures
Talk about making history come alive.
"I had to do a project in school where I learned about the Incas," says Julian Trester, 11, of Gardiner.
And it was around that time that his mom, Silke, was planning their summer vacation.
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Four killed in Peru quake, thousands homeless
LIMA, Peru, Sept 26 (Reuters) - A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake that shook Peru's northern jungle over the weekend has killed four people and made several thousand homeless, regional authorities said on Monday
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New start for Shining Path trial
A court in Peru has begun a second attempt to re-try the founder of the country's leftist guerrilla movement, the Shining Path.
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Nazca
Although they have become better understood in recent years, the Nazca Lines are still one of the world's most impressive ancient mysteries.
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Exploring Lima
The Museo Nacional de Antropologica y Arqueologica
This museum houses the nation's most extensive collection of pre-Columbian artifacts, and the museum maintains an outstanding international reputation for its curatorial and presentational accomplishment
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Lima Peru
Peru's incredibly rich and compelling archaeological heritage and its great natural beauty--remarkable even in a continent renowned for its exotic vistas--draw tens of thousands of visitors each year. Almost all make a stop at Lima, which is Peru's cultural and business center
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Peru Travel
For practical purposes Peru can be divided into three major regions: the central Andean highlands, the long, low coastal strip, and the remote eastern vastness of the Amazon basin. The best-known of these regions, the Andes, is also home to Huascaràn, the country's most celebrated park and South America's premier mountaineering and trekking destination.
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Welcome to Peru
We can assure your majesty that it is so beautiful and has such fine buildings that it would even be remarkable in Spain.
---Francisco Pizarro, describing Cuzco in a letter to King Charles V of Spain
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Peruvian Andes Adenture
We are a family operated business with many years combined experience organising and guiding trekking and climbing in the Peruvian Andes. We are based in Huaraz, the centre for trekking and climbing in Perù. Run by the Hisao and Eli of the well known "Morales Family", recommended by Lonely Planet Guide to Peru 2004 and our partner Anne Thomson based in New Zealand.
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